A 1918 comedy about beans, poetry, and a farmer who can't sell newspapers. Chaos ensues.
Farmer Toby Watkinsm whose fanciful poetry does not impress his exasperated uncle, leaves the farm to become a subscription solicitor for the "Sawbert Weekly Clarion." In Sawbert, Toby meets Mayor Lot Morris' daughter Jean, and the shy young people fall in love. Crooked stock promoter Kendall Reeves arrives in town and unveils his plan to open a string-bean cannery.
Acting
Charles Ray's farmboy earnestness defined his entire career.
Direction
Victor Schertzinger before he became a big-band composer.
Director
Victor Schertzinger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Ray was huge in 1918 — 'String Beans' was so popular it became his nickname and later his production company name.
This film is considered lost. Only fragments may survive in private collections, making your viewing existence hypothetical at best.
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